Key: F major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I was standing out back as the sun sank on down.
I was thinking to myself about a
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long distant sound,
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How the fury and the flame
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burned so bright
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slow moving train.
Verse 2
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from the West to the East ,
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With the hopes of a nation
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of salvation and peace,
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All the people came out and they
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stood by the tracks,
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As the slow moving train took him back.
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It was
Verse 3
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of a time and a place,
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youth'ssmiling face,
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The beginning of a lesson
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we're still learning today,
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Since he left on the slow
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moving train.
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On that
Verse 4
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from the sea to the sea,
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All the peoplecame out,
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the men took off their hats,
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As that slow moving train took him back.
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Verse 5
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I wonder where would we be,
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if the bul lets had failed,
If the young men with dreams
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Just a shot from the darkness and
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the whole world was changed,
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They sent him home on
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a slow moving train.
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On a
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vation and peace,
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All the people came out and
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they stood by the tracks,
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As the slow moving train
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took him back.
Verse 7
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He went home on that slow moving
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train.
(John Keller Tonio K)
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